Resilient wheel



R. E. DE LYER RESIL'IENT 'WHEEL Filed Sept. 5, 1922 Patented July i3, lSZ. v

PATENT Aorrifcz.

' ROY EARNEST DE GOLYER, GF HDUSTON, TEXAS.

nEsILInNr WHEEL.

Application led September 5, 1922. Serial No. 586,154.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a resilientwheel.

neobject of the inventionis to' provide a wheel ot the characterdescribed specially designed for use on motor vehicles, and formed with sectional spokes, one section i'ormingA a cylinder and the' other sec-tion telescop'ing within the cylinder and carrying a plunger which operates against f luid in the cylinder which forms a cushion thus giving to the wheel a certain amount of resilieney or yieldability toabsorbfthe shock' incident to the movement of the vehicle.

vWith the above and other objects in View `15 the invention has particular relation to certain novel features of construction, operation and arrangement of parts, an exampleI ofwhich is given in this specification and illustrated in the accompanyingA drawings,v

wherein Y 'f' yFigure 1 is a side eleva-tion of the wlieel ferentially, a plungerin said cylinder having partially in section. I Figure 2 is an enlarged sectionalv view of one ofthe spokes. f-

25. Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional' View of one of the spokes taken onthe line 3-3 of Figure 1.A

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view of the wheel taken on the line lf-4 of Fig- Figure 5 is a enlarged fragmentary View of the wheel telly showing the connection of the outer end of. the spoke thereto.

-In the drawings. the numeral 1 designates the hub of the vehicle from which the spokes radiate, the numeral 2 designates the fellv of lthe wheel which is preferably lformed of.

metal and is hollow. and surrounding this tellv there is n tire 3, preferalily formed of solid rubber. vEach spoke is formed of two sections, an outer and an inner section, designated bv the numerals 4 and 5 respectively. The outer section 4 is tubular forming a cyl# iuder, and connected to the outer end of each cylinder by the flanged union 6 there is :i plug 7 having an outwardly extending stud 8 integral therewith which works in an' oblong;r slot 9 in the inside Vof the telly. Euch inner section 5 telescopes'within the correspending cylinder l1 and the plunger l() works in each cylinder and is connected to and spaced from the spokesection 5, by means of a connecting rod 11. Each plunger is formed of a plurality of perforated discs 12 between which are the spacers 13 all clamped' 5u on the rod 11. by' means of the clamp nut 14. There is Va duct 15 leading through eachspoke section 5 whose outer end enters the corresponding cylinder@ and whose inner o end is turned outwardly to'. the side of the 60 spoke and provided with'a pump connection 16. v

1. A cylinder including a hub, a felly,

radiatingspokes connectedto the hub and e5 felly, each formed fof two f sections, one formed rigidly with the hub, one of said sections being formed into a Huid containlng cylinder. a stud carried b the outer endy of each cylinder, the felly. -aving oblong,r slots in which Asaid studs are worked circumducts rovided for the passage of fluid from each^s1de of said plunger to the other, the

Aother spoke section telescoping within said 75 -cylinder and being connected to said plunger,V

`said last mentioned spoke sec'tionhaving a Huid' conduit leading through it from said cylinder and terminating in the side ofthe spoke section and provided with a pump s0 connection.

2. In combination a wheel including a hub, a telly, radiating spokes rigidly connected to the hub at one end, and at their other ends being provided with adjustable S5 studs, the felly havingl oblong slots forming hearings 'in which said studs are ada ted to movev circumferentially, each spoke including two sections, one of which is tubular RY *ARNEST DE GOLYER. 

